dhcp server will not start - Mandriva

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will not start.
I am using the server that webmin knows how to configure by default, if
anybody could explain or point me to a ...

dhcp server will not start

I am trying to setup a dhcp server on that old aptiva, the darn thing
will not start.

I am using the server that webmin knows how to configure by default, if
anybody could explain or point me to a good howtoo please.

Re: dhcp server will not start

On 2007-08-23, chris gareau wrote:
> I am trying to setup a dhcp server on that old aptiva, the darn thing
> will not start.
>
> I am using the server that webmin knows how to configure by default, if
> anybody could explain or point me to a good howtoo please.

Do you have an error message ?

Re: dhcp server will not start

nicolas vigier wrote:
> On 2007-08-23, chris gareau wrote:
>> I am trying to setup a dhcp server on that old aptiva, the darn thing
>> will not start.
>>
>> I am using the server that webmin knows how to configure by default, if
>> anybody could explain or point me to a good howtoo please.
>
> Do you have an error message ?
>
all webmin tells me it service dhcpd start [failed]

Re: dhcp server will not start

nicolas vigier wrote:
> On 2007-08-23, chris gareau wrote:
>> I am trying to setup a dhcp server on that old aptiva, the darn thing
>> will not start.
>>
>> I am using the server that webmin knows how to configure by default, if
>> anybody could explain or point me to a good howtoo please.
>
> Do you have an error message ?
>
Module Index
Error
Failed to start dhcpd :

Re: dhcp server will not start

If no error messages,
tail -50 /var/log/messages
and see if there is more info about dhcpd.

Sorry I cannot remember if dhcpd has it's own log diretory/file.
You might look arould in /var/log and in dhcpd's config file for log
dir/file location.

Another option is to run
/etc/cron.weekly/slocate.cron
or /etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron
depending on which Mandriva release is installed.
If not installed, do a
urpmi slocate

then do the above /etc/ commands again.

Now, you can do a
locate dhcp | grep doc
to see what documentation was installed.

Worst comes to worst, you can do a
man dhcpd
and see if there are some information which might help you find your problem.

Re: dhcp server will not start

Bit Twister wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:40:11 GMT, chris gareau wrote:
>
>> all webmin tells me it service dhcpd start [failed]
>
> Click up a terminal,
> su - root
>
> service dhcpd restart
>
> If no error messages,
> tail -50 /var/log/messages
> and see if there is more info about dhcpd.
>
> Sorry I cannot remember if dhcpd has it's own log diretory/file.
> You might look arould in /var/log and in dhcpd's config file for log
> dir/file location.
>
> Another option is to run
> /etc/cron.weekly/slocate.cron
> or /etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron
> depending on which Mandriva release is installed.
> If not installed, do a
> urpmi slocate
>
> then do the above /etc/ commands again.
>
> Now, you can do a
> locate dhcp | grep doc
> to see what documentation was installed.
>
> Worst comes to worst, you can do a
> man dhcpd
> and see if there are some information which might help you find your problem.
I figured out what I did wrong

Re: dhcp server will not start

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:03:58 +0000, chris gareau wrote:

> I figured out what I did wrong

And the answer is ......

Re: dhcp server will not start

when setting up subnets, don't define the ip range on the first page,
define a address pol for them and it worked fine. acctuley I used
drakwizard to set it up then edited the settings with webmin to be the
way I liked, I had to manualy remove all the pxe crap to get the server
to start but after I did that it worked fine